1. Porter Ranch Community School Addition Project
Project definition meeting
April 9, 2015

2. Bond Program History Decades of Unmet School Needs
From , Enrollment Grew by More Than 200,000 Students
For 30+ Years There Was No Funding To Invest In School Facilities
Overcrowding Was Addressed By
Placing Portable (Bungalows) Classrooms At Schools
Instituting Multi-Track Calendars – Some Schools Had 17 Less Days Of Instruction
Busing Students Across The District
Aging and Deteriorating School Infrastructure

3. Two-Semester Neighborhood School Program Goals
Create Neighborhood Schools
Operating On A Traditional Two-Semester Calendar
Eliminate Multi-Track Calendars
Eliminate Involuntary Busing
Ensure Schools Continue To Operate On A Two-Semester Calendar

4. District-Wide Bond Investments to Meet Goals Accomplishments
$19.5 Billion Invested in Constructing New Schools and Repairing/Modernizing Existing School Facilities
130 New K-12 School Projects Completed
65 New K-12 Addition Projects Completed
More than 23,000 Repair & Modernization Projects Completed
Primary Goal of First Phase of Program Was to Eliminate Multi-Track Calendar Operations and Involuntary Busing

5. Meeting the Goals in the Porter Ranch Community Porter Ranch Comm
Meeting the Goals in the Porter Ranch Community Porter Ranch Comm. School (Valley Span K-8 #2)
5,400 New Housing Units in the Porter Ranch Specific Plan
Existing Facilities Could Not Meet the Projected Demand and Meet Goals of the Two Semester Program
New School Needed to Provided relief to:
Castlebay and Germain Elementary Schools; and
Frost and Lawrence Middle Schools
Land Provided by Developer
Project Developed by LAUSD
Porter Ranch Development Company is Shapell Industries and Liberty Building Company

6. Porter Ranch Community School Opened August 2012
New School for approx. 1,047 students in Kindergarten - 8th Grade:
41 Total Classrooms (6 Kindergarten, 31 General, 2 Flexible, 2 Science)
Administrative areas
Gymnasium
Food Service
Lunch Pavilion
On-Site Drop off/Pick up Area
Surface Parking Lot spaces
Outdoor Play area
Planned for a Future 9 Classrooms

7. Monitoring Ongoing Enrollment Trends Porter Ranch Community Trends
Enrollment Growing Rapidly – Exceeding Demand by /16 School Year
1,052 Students Enrolled for 2014/15 School Year – We are Full!
Of that Number, 779 are Resident Students
Excellent Schools Attract Permit Students
Porter Ranch Has 273 Permit Students
Porter Ranch Residential Development
Projected an additional 1,200 housing units by 2018
And additional 400 housing units between 2018 and 2025

8. Projected Neighborhood Enrollment Growth
2014/15 School Year
2018/19 School Year
2025/26 School Year
Increase (Decrease)
Resident Enrollment
779
1,224 – 1,374
1,295 – 1,515
Permit Students*
273 76 35
(238)
Total Projected Enrollment / Growth
1,052
1,300 – 1,450
1,330 – 1,500
*Assumes Implementing Permit Limitations

9. Maintaining the Two-Semester Neighborhood School Goal Plan for Addressing Projected Enrollment Growth
Managing Permits
No New Permit Students Beginning with the School Year
Adjusting Option Areas
Eliminate 6th-8th Grade option area beginning with the school year
Existing Students at PRCS From the Option Area Will Remain at PRCS Through 8th grade
New Students Will be Assigned to Frost MS
New Construction
Construct 9 New Classrooms in the Area of Campus Planned for Expansion (Included in the Original EIR)

10. Option Area Change

11. Managing Our Way to the Permanent Solution
Facilities Needs
Accommodate students anticipated for school year
Determine timing of the additional classrooms to support a projected increase of students by the school year
Interim Solution
Install Four Portable Classrooms by August 2015
Install Additional Portable Classrooms in Subsequent years (as needed)
Permanent Solution
Build New Classroom Building consisting of 9 classrooms, Admin Area, and Restrooms, Expand Lunch Shelter, Add Staff Parking
Continue to Monitor Enrollment Growth to Determine Need /Timing of Additional Permanent Capacity

12. Porter Ranch Community School
Proposed location
for New Staff
Parking Lot
Admin
GYM
Proposed location
for Temp. Portable Classrooms
Proposed location for
New Middle
School Building
MPR
Proposed location
for Outdoor Lunch
Seating

13. Anticipated Project Schedule
Community Meetings
Board Approvals
Design Build RFP
Project Defined May 2015
Design -Builder Approval Anticipated Q4 2015
Design and Construction
2015
2016
2017
2018
Project Completion
Q1 2019
Update Nov 2015
Design Q
2019

14. Next Steps April 30, 2015 LAUSD Bond Oversight Committee May 12, 2015
LAUSD Board of Education
Design Commencement
4th Quarter 2015

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Questions & Comments
For More Information Please Call:
LAUSD Facilities Services Division Community Relations
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